Questions about God: today's philosophers ponder the Divine

From young children, with their guileless, searching questions, to the recently bereaved, trying to make sense of tragic loss, humans wrestle with our relationship to God--and with God's essence, motivations, and power--throughout our lives: Why does God permit catastrophe and senseless tragedy...

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Beteiligte: Cahn, Steven M. 1942- (BeteiligteR) ; Shatz, David 1948- (BeteiligteR)
Medienart: Elektronisch Buch
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Oxford New York Oxford University Press 2002
In:Jahr: 2002
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Philosophische Theologie
weitere Schlagwörter:B Aufsatzsammlung
B God (Christianity)
B Gott
B Philosophy, Modern 20th century
B Philosophical Theology
B Theismus
B Philosophische Theologie
B Theism
B Religionsphilosophie
B Philosophy, Modern
B Electronic books
B Philosophy, Modern 20th century
B Godsbestaan
B God
B RELIGION ; Agnosticism
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Zusammenfassung:From young children, with their guileless, searching questions, to the recently bereaved, trying to make sense of tragic loss, humans wrestle with our relationship to God--and with God's essence, motivations, and power--throughout our lives: Why does God permit catastrophe and senseless tragedy, again and again? Is God's power limited in any way? Can He change the past? Does He know the future? Why does God require prayer? Why does He not provide stronger evidence of His presence? Whom does God consign to hell, and why? Does God change? Suffer? What can we make of the conflicting diversity wit
Beschreibung:A collection of essays by leading philosophers previously published from 1973 to 1998. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
ISBN:0199760802